Activity 1. Mid-19th Century British Military Actions
Source: Edward Said (1994). Culture and Imperialism (NY: Vintage), 105.
Instructions: Examine the chart listing mid-19th century British military actions between
1839 and 1882.
1. Locate each region listed on the chart on a map of the world.
2. What conclusion(s) can you draw about British international policy during this time
period based on the chart and map?
1839 - 1842
Opium War in China
1840s
Wars against South African Kaffirs
(Blacks) and New Zealand Maoris
1845
Conquest of Punjab (Northern Pakistan and
India)
1845-1852
Troops stop food riots in Ireland
1854 - 1856
Crimean War (Black Sea region)
1854
Conquest of lower Burma
1856 - 1860
Second China War
1857
Attach on Persia (Iran)
1857 - 1858
Suppression of Sepoy Mutiny in India
1866
Abyssinian expedition against Ethiopia
1871
Maori resistance suppressed in New
Zealand
1874
Campaign against Ashanti in West Africa
1882
Conquest of Egypt